Engenharia Química
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- DSC characterization of enzymatic digestion of corneas treated with plant extracts rich in polyphenols(2019) Bersanetti P.A.; da Cruz L.G.I.; Carlstron R.; Schor P.; Morandim-Giannetti A.A.© 2019, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.Keratoconus is a progressive disease that affects patients’ quality of life by producing corneal irregular astigmatism and low vision as the cornea becomes thinner and presents a conical protrusion. Inducing cross-linking in keratoconic corneal stroma is the current preventive intervention that effectively blocks the progression of this ectasia. As a result of this process, there is an increase in biomechanical strength and resistance of the cornea. In this context, two plant extracts rich in polyphenols (Euterpe oleracea and Stryphnodendron adstringens) have been tested in this study to compact and stiffen the tissue, and its effect was evaluated by enzymatic digestion of porcine corneas. Thermal analysis by DSC was employed to verify the corneal resistance to degradation induced by the plant extracts. The values of temperature and enthalpy of denaturation at the initial time were: 65.6 ± 0.3 °C/3.8 ± 0.3 J g−1; 79.4 ± 0.5 °C/5.5 ± 0.4 J g−1; and 93.1 ± 1.2 °C/8.0 ± 0.6 J g−1, respectively, for the control, E. oleracea, and S. adstringens groups. After 24 h of collagenase digestion, these values were: 60.1 ± 0.8 °C/1.3 ± 0.1 J g−1; 78.1 ± 1.0 °C/5.6 ± 0.6 J g−1; and 93.2 ± 0.6 °C/8.1 ± 0.06 J g−1, respectively. These results show that there was no decrease in temperature and enthalpy of denaturation (p < 0.01) in corneas of the groups treated with the E. oleracea or S. adstringens extracts. However, in the control group, the temperature and the enthalpy decreased by approximately 8% and 65%, respectively. Therefore, this work demonstrated for the first time that plant extracts rich in polyphenols were efficient in decreasing the digestion and increasing the denaturation temperature of corneas.
- DSC characterization of rabbit corneas treated with Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville extracts(2018) da Cruz L.G.I.; Moraes G.A.; Nogueira R.F.; Morandim-Giannetti A.A.; Bersanetti P.A.© 2017, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.Keratoconus is an eye ectasia that affects the cornea causing distortion of vision. Corneal crosslinking promoted by riboflavin photo-stimulated at 365 nm is a treatment used successfully to block the keratoconus progression. In this study, we characterize rabbit corneas subjected to enhanced crosslinking using different vegetable extracts prepared from Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville bark by differential scanning calorimetry. The extracts tested in this study were: aqueous, ketonic, ethanolic, ethyl acetate and hydroalcoholic, which revealed high levels of polyphenols, such as proanthocyanidins. The corneas, obtained from the slaughter rabbits, were divided into groups: control (consisting of untreated corneal samples) and S. adstringens, where the samples were subjected to 4% vegetable extracts for 2 h. The DSC profiles of the corneas were obtained in nitrogen atmosphere. The results showed that temperature and enthalpy of denaturation of the corneal samples treated with S. adstringens were higher than the control group. The control group presents temperature and enthalpy values of 59.8 ± 1.1 °C and 24.6 ± 2.7 J g−1, respectively. After crosslinking with ketone extract, the values were 90.1 ± 1.1 °C and 39.9 ± 2.7 J g−1. These results show that S. adstringens is efficient to increment the crosslinking level of the corneas.
- Characterization of Rabbit Corneas Subjected to Stromal Stiffening by the Açaí Extract (Euterpe oleracea)(2017) Bersanetti P.A.; Bueno T.L.N.; Morandim-Giannetti A.A.; Nogueira R.F.; Matos J.R.; Schor P.© 2016 Taylor & Francis.Purpose: In this study, we characterized rabbit corneas subjected to corneal cross-linking (CXL) with açaí extract compared with a riboflavin photo-stimulated procedure. Materials and Methods: The corneas of the slaughterhouse rabbits were divided into three groups: control, consisting of untreated corneal samples; riboflavin/UVA, where corneas were treated with 0.1% riboflavin photo-stimulated at 365 nm as the standard protocol; and açaí, where the samples were subjected to 4% açaí extract for 0.5–2 h. After the CXL procedure, corneas of the three groups were characterized by analyzing their elastic modulus and thermal denaturation profile. Results: The elastic modulus at 3% strain showed an approximately threefold increase in the riboflavin/UVA group and 10.5 times in the corneas treated with 4% açaí extract for 2 h, compared with the control group (p < 0.01). The denaturation temperature values of the two groups of crosslinked corneas increased significantly (p < 0.05) and were more pronounced in the açaí group. Conclusions: The açaí extract was effective in promoting CXL in rabbit corneas as characterized by the different techniques.